Language editing | Software training | Academic writing seminars
I am an academic editor, English language editor, copyeditor, and proofreader. I have worked in the publishing industry for 30 years and have been doing academic editing almost exclusively for six years. I have edited for universities in the four corners of the map. I have a keen interest in language changes and keep up to date with editing trends. I check references and formatting is included.
Cost: £7,70/$9,60/€9,20/ZAR170 per 1,000 words
Payment: Upfront via PayPal or via EFT.
I format academic documents in Microsoft Word.
Cost: Free, online
I teach digital referencing in Zotero or Mendeley, and can also show you a trick or two regarding how to use digital referencing programs to keep track of your research, keep organised, and do version control on your documents.
Cost: Free, online
I present online academic writing seminars. The seminars are usually two hours, fast-paced, and demonstrate the A-Z of skills required for academic writing, including digital referencing and document formatting. The seminar material covers from the blank page, to research skills, to constructing sentences and paragraphs, to the formatted document ready to send to your supervisor or examiner. This is not a class as such, just a way of checking in if you have things to learn. I you need further instruction, I can help.
Cost: Free, online
I do software training. I teach graphic design and publishing in Adobe InDesign. Illustrator, and Photoshop, as well as Word training. I know all sorts of things about any number of other programs, as one does when one loves computers and lives in a computer all day.
Cost: £150/$190/€180/ZAR3500 per Adobe program (each program 3×4=12 hours).
Payment: Upfront via PayPal or via EFT.
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About me
I am an expert at working long-distance via the internet. I’ve been publishing, laying out, typesetting, and designing for 25+ years and have taught the professional design programs online to the global community for 15+ years. So I know all the tips and tricks and work very fast and wisely. I do presentations about social media and writing, and write and edit for many NGOs and education-oriented organisations. I am paying attention to artificial intelligence (AI).
As an editor. My parents also studied languages and were editors themselves. The rule during my apprenticeship was, never correct anything until you have checked the rule. Especially when editors contradict each other. I have been exposed to many editors over the years and have written blogs, books on English for the schools, my own manuals, and other learning material.
As a writer. I write poetry and narratives and love to edit other people’s work into readable easy-to-understand English. I also do writing training. I have an easy tailor-made writing course individualised for each trainee. If you are worried about your ability to write, you should let me have a look to see if you could do a few simple things to make writing easier for yourself.
As a layout artist. I know the ins and outs of quality typesetting, and because I teach I know all the tips and tricks of laying out fast and accurately. I specialise in speed. As *software trainer* my strengths are that I work in the industry and I know what students need to know for production and for job interviews. I teach with wit and enthusiasm and I am an enthusiast and an enthralled keeper-upper-of-software-cool-features. I have designed and taught my own courses in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and internet and social media marketing. I have taught for 20 years, both online and onsite classes.
As a software trainer. Because I use the programs, I am a teacher who CAN do. My parents were in the graphic design, typesetting, and book publishing business. They started working on mainframes and later moved to Apple Mac. So, I was born with a mouse in my hand. I am second generation, trained by apprenticeship. I offer training on Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. I have taught the professional design programs online and have done onsite training in Johannesburg and Pretoria and environs for 20+ years. I travel. I do presentations about social media and graphic design principles and offer tips and tricks in Microsoft products while I am about it. I love apps too, and anything internet. I am software savvy and can teach it all.